Google alerts just notified me that my name was mentioned by the Al Hemer music company. They have God of Our Fathers up on there web site for sale.
Check it out here.

http://www.alhemer.com/item.php?item_id=00-18569

God of Our Fathers

A dynamic and energetic arrangement of the "National Hymn" for 3-5 octaves handbell choir. Recurring triplet figure recalls the trumpets that herald each verse of the hymn. Appropriate for church, school and festivals. Especially useful for patriotic events.
$3.50
Vendor: Alfred
Item No: 00-18569
UPC: UPC: 38081169415
Category: Vocal

A List for Judy

A friend from years ago asked if I had some challenging handbell pieces that her community choir might enjoy. Here are links to posts about some of my songs that are more challenging.

God of Our Fathers -
http://bearhollowmusic.blogspot.com/2008/05/god-of-our-fathers.html

Brethren We Have Met to Worship -
http://bearhollowmusic.blogspot.com/2006/09/brethren-on-cd.html
http://bearhollowmusic.blogspot.com/2008/02/brethren-keeps-ringing.html

Promised Land - I play it a little faster than this choir did
http://bearhollowmusic.blogspot.com/2008/02/tmg-handbell-choir-1.html

To God Be the Glory is another one that is more difficult but I guess I've never blogged about it.

A Nice Note

I received a really nice e-mail yesterday from a lady in Kansas. She told me how much my arrangement of "Brethren" - hymn tune "Holy Manna" - means to her. She said she told her bell choir a story that she pictures as she hears the song of worshippers coming to church and how exciting that time of worship is.

It's always nice to hear that something you have written has touched someone's heart.

If you play bells and have never played my arrangement of "Brethren, We Have Met to Worship" you really should get it. It is a ton of fun to play. Lots of key changes and marts and mallets and swings... keeps EVERYONE very, very busy.

It is published by Jeffers. 1-800-JHS-BELL

Virginia Bells

A friend of mine, Rg Huff, is leading a handbell festival in Virginia next year. He was looking for a three octave piece without a lot of extra 4 and 5 octave notes. The group he will be leading will be a level 2 or 3 type group with many new ringers and he didn't want them distracted by all of the parethises that the extra octaves add.

He thought my arrangement of Immortal Invisible published by Beckenhorst would be just right.

You can follow this link to an earlier post and on that post is a link where you can hear it.

http://bearhollowmusic.blogspot.com/2008/05/immortal-invisible.html

I Will Give Thanks to the Lord

On an earlier post http://bearhollowmusic.blogspot.com/2006/03/look-ma-im-in-korea.html I mentioned how one of my songs had been translated into Korean.


일　자 : 2008-04-27
제　목 : 사랑성가대“마음 다해 주께 감사 드리리”- R.Lyndel Littleton

Now - through the wonders of the world wid web, google and youtube - I'm able to share a video of a choir singing I Will Give Thanks to the Lord in Korean. How cool is that? Hmmm, I can't get youtube to post it here. You can see it on youtube at

It's kind of funny. I wrote it as a sort of up beat kind of song but the Koreans sing it slow and pretty. I like it both ways.

Praise to the Lord, the Almighty

I don't think this piece is in print anymore. I ran across this recording because on my "feedjit" on my worship blog - www.hilldaleworship.blogspot.com - I noticed that someone in Japan had googled my name. Wierd! I don't know why anyone in Japan would do that. Unless perhaps Lyndel Littleton is a common name there. I don't think it is since the letter "L" isn't one of their favorite letters...

Anyway, when I clicked on the google link from feedjit I saw this link to the Georgetown College Handbell Ensemble playing an arrangement of mine. It was published by LifeWay several years ago.

Here's what is on the link. (I think the "click here" link will work from blogger.)

Georgetown College Handbell Ensemble
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty
arr. R. Lyndel Littleton
Click here if the video does not load automatically.

This is an excerpt recorded on November 4, 1999 at the combined concert of the Handbells, Chapel Brass and String Ensemble.
The Handbell Ensemble is under the direction of Dr. Angela Easterday.

Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing

Come, Thou fount of Every Blessing is a great hymn tune. In this arrangement, the bass bells play the accompaniment in 6/8, but when the melody comes in it is in 3/4. It makes for a cool feel to have the bass bells in one meter and the treble in another. I now don't remember if I directed it in 2 (6/8) or in 3. I know it changes later.

There are some interesting, quick key changes in this piece too. It's hard for me to write a piece and keep it in one key. You can hear the meters and the keys easier than I can describe them, so click on the link and listen.

It is published by Beckenhorst. And of course you can buy it from Jeffers Handbell Supply 1-800-JHS-BELL

Listen here

HB216
Handbell Level 4
Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing
R. Lyndel Littleton